U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles, and British Defense Secretary John Healey hold a joint press conference following an AUKUS defense ministerial meeting in London, at 9:45 a.m. ET on Sept. 26.
During their meeting, the defense leaders discuss Pillars I and II of AUKUS, a trilateral security partnership intended to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific that is secure and stable.